Does anyone have any experience with this? FiL has been in hospital for 10 days after a fall.....no damage but they kept him in to treat him for dehydration, anaemia and probably not eating. A couple of days ago he developed a very swollen stomach, and BiL has texted that he has/may have CRE (aka CPE).....he's just been put in a room of his own.
Is this a common bug? Have done a quick google and think it's probably a result of his poor hygiene (washing hands? what's that?) and his general debilitated state. Wondering what the future might hold in terms of arranging care on discharge.....we'd already decided to try to get him to accept a second carer visit but now wondering if that is going to be enough.
Just had quick update from BiL who says FiL now has his own room AND personal commode (and hes pretty happy about that
) and they're going to be investigating the distended stomach.....and 'bones'? (can only think that as he lives in a room with all curtains closed and has poor diet he is very short on vit D so maybe osteomalacia ....would explain why it hurts when his arm is held etc.....and/or osteoporosis....almost inevitable at 91, I would have thought) Not clear at the moment if he has been identified as having aCRE infection or is just a carrier......BiL can only visit at night and it is impossible to get any useful info.
Is this a common bug? Have done a quick google and think it's probably a result of his poor hygiene (washing hands? what's that?) and his general debilitated state. Wondering what the future might hold in terms of arranging care on discharge.....we'd already decided to try to get him to accept a second carer visit but now wondering if that is going to be enough.
Just had quick update from BiL who says FiL now has his own room AND personal commode (and hes pretty happy about that
) and they're going to be investigating the distended stomach.....and 'bones'? (can only think that as he lives in a room with all curtains closed and has poor diet he is very short on vit D so maybe osteomalacia ....would explain why it hurts when his arm is held etc.....and/or osteoporosis....almost inevitable at 91, I would have thought) Not clear at the moment if he has been identified as having aCRE infection or is just a carrier......BiL can only visit at night and it is impossible to get any useful info. 
